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Two questions from a parochial, isolated US citizen: 1. The newspaper article uses the phrase "know to be haughty". My intuition tells me that phrase informs
by bediger 16y ago
Two questions from a parochial, isolated US citizen:
1. The newspaper article uses the phrase "know to be haughty". My intuition tells me that phrase informs the British public about aspects of Baroness Neville-Jones' personality, but it means almost nothing to someone not steeped in British newspaper cultural references. Can someone explain that phrase?
2. Where does the "Mirror" fall on the British newspaper spectrum: "reliable" or "less reliable" or "out and out tissue of lies"?
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago1. being haughty would be something like "unafraid to complain and taking a superior air when doing so". The sort that would say "My bags, boy" to a bellhop. A pretty traditional attitude for a Baroness to take on. 2. Mirror is a tabloid, generally considered somewhere between less reliable and a "tissue". Certainly prone to revel in the slip-ups of snobby government officials.